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Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Summo: lk)|an
Students adjust to power change
Hong Kong nationals could continue to use British visa status
By Jin Whang
Assignment Editor
Hong Kong natives studying abroad in the U.S., who have gone back to their families in Hong Kong for the summer, will be returning for school with new passports.
No longer a nation colonized under the British empire for the past 157 years, new visa regulations since the July 1 handover to mainland China requires Hong Kong passport holders to renew their visas witnin the next 18 months, said Xin Gong, immigration specialist at the USC Office of International Services.
Unless they come back with the new passports, the students will have to go back to
New entry to change USC image
A $36-million campus renovation project to create a new main entrance to USC will be undertaken this month, beginning with the relocation of the 117-year-old Widney Alumni House.
The new entrance will be situated on the south side of campus on Exposition Boulevard, across from the Aerospace Museum, and is expected to help connect USC and its students with the surrounding community.
The Aiumni House, which was also relocated in 1929 and 1955, will be moved on dollies from its current site on Childs Way to be directly in line with the new campus entrance about 40 yards away.
USC's current main entrance on Figueroa Street, considered inconvenient in relation to freeway exits and on-ramps, will be permanently closed following tne opening of the new entrance, while the other entrances surrounding campus will remain open.
The project in its completed stage will include two new buildings, brick archways and possibly a fountain. Tne two new buildings will be the Popovich Hall, which will have the master's program in business administration, and Lewis Hall, which will house the School of Urban Planning and Development
—from staff reports
Hong Kong at one point during the 18 months for one issuea by the Chinese government called Hong Kong Special Administrative Regional passports, or HKSARs, Gong said. Others, depending on what type of passports they have, may be able to handle matters through the Chinese Consulate in southern California. Meanwhile, the current British overseas citizenship passports are still good for use.
"In most cases, the students have been indifferent," Gong said. "They will still travel as usual."
Gong said that while students may not necessarily express concerns right now, the root of questioning and comments are coming from the natives back in Hong Kong.
Amy Lee, a senior majoring in business, who came from Hong Kong about five years ago and became a naturalized U.S. citizen, said that she sees the Cantonese people having "mixed feelings."
"It's good that China is taking back Hong Kong ... but so many people are so scared of
communism,"' Lee said of what she has seen in the media.
However, she said that some fellow classmates and acquaintances who are international students from Hong Kong have mostly gone back for the summer to visit their families and to witness the year they return under Chinese rule.
She too has not heard of what they are feeling in regards to the changes, Lee said, "after graduating from USC, they might have a hard time going back."
On the administrative level, no changes or new accommodations are being made for students either, said Dixon Johnson, director of the Office for International Services.
However, Johnson said that he noticed one difference: an increase in the enrollment number of Asian international students (many Hong Kong natives) from Canada.
"There have been more students from Canada, who actually originated from Hong
(Set Hong Kong, page 2)
Getting started
D*niM Caitanon / Summer Trojan
Orientation Advisor Jason Taketa, a senior majoring in cinema-television, discusses campus life and adjusting to college with incoming freshman at an orientation session on Tuesday.
The new freshman attended sessions discussing financial aid, took tours of the USC campus and facilities and attended evening activities, including a "social" and a performance by the Trojan Marching Band.
There will be two more on-campus orientation sessions for incoming freshmen and two more for transfer students. The two-day orientation program sessions will be finished by the end of July.
Canceled classes minimal during summer
LAS official says classes must have six students enrolled to remain offered; most summer school courses meet this prerequisite
US®£
Wednesday July 9,1997 Vol. CXXXI, No. 9
Zemekis, et al, try to make 'Contact'
Continuing the trend of movies exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe, "Contact," helmed by "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemekis, beams into movie theaters Friday. The film, starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, promises to be one of the summer's hottest and most talked-about films. Staff writer Scott Foundas gives us his review.
Diversions, page 6
Will E.T. ever visit planet Earth?
Rocks in Antarctica, spaceships in Roswell and conspiracies in Washington D.C.: Have aliens landed on Earth? Long distances and traveling difficulties make this a very implausible question states editorial writer Benjamin Acker who, through numerous examples, attempts to clear up the confusion surrounding the latest outbreak of alien-mania in movies and the media.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
USC service guide, science fellowship
The USC Business Affairs Division is offering its "Guide to Services" on the Internet. The site is available through the USC Information Page or by going directly to http://www.usc. edu/dept/bus_affairs/home page.html
• ••
Fellowships are being offered for students working toward their doctorate in science or engineering.
The Chateaubriand Fellowship Program allows students to conduct research in France.
Interested students may use existing contacts with French research institutions or may register on the Internet at http://www. chateaubriana.amb-wash.fr.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be registered at a U.S. university or a U.S. National Laboratory. Applications must be received by Dec. 1.
For more information, call (202) 944-6246
By Kate Tovichien
Staff Writer
Cancellation of summer school sessions remain minimal, although many classes have been canceled in order to be rescheduled for a different section time, said Patricia Milazzo, director of Computing and Statistics.
Milazzo said, as of last week, a total of about 7,570 students were registered for both the first and second summer sessions.
Of all of the overlapping sum-
mer school sessions, Milazzo said there were "114 sections of canceled classes (lectures), but this information can be totally misleading ... not reliable. A lot of different departments will schedule things, and then have to move them."
It does not mean classes are entirely canceled, Milazzo said.
Professor Jane Cody, associate dean of Curriculum and Instruction for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said no LAS classes have been canceled for the second seven-week
session, which began last week on July 2.
Usually, she said, classes are canceled due to low enrollment, or lack of instructors when the regular faculty is not available.
"Cancellations often have to do with who can staff the courses," Cody said.
Sometimes, an instructor who regularly teaches the fall and spring courses is not available for teaching summer courses, Cody said.
In cases where an instructor is available, but enrollment is low, the class is likely to undergo cancellation.
"Our rule is that there should be six people in a class in order for it to be a clasa, and for it to be
economically viable," said Cody.
"A class is a class—not a tutorial. If there's only one person in a class, it costs the school additional money... It is costly," Cody saia a few classes in the first seven-week summer session, which ran May 14 thmugh July 1, were canceled by their departments, not by LAS.
The schedule of classes are made up way in advance. Many changes can occur between the fall and summer," she said "Not very many classes have been canceled... If they have been canceled, we run a list, and make sure all the tuition and fees are backed out to the students," said Fred Dear, associate registrar.

Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Summo: lk)|an
Students adjust to power change
Hong Kong nationals could continue to use British visa status
By Jin Whang
Assignment Editor
Hong Kong natives studying abroad in the U.S., who have gone back to their families in Hong Kong for the summer, will be returning for school with new passports.
No longer a nation colonized under the British empire for the past 157 years, new visa regulations since the July 1 handover to mainland China requires Hong Kong passport holders to renew their visas witnin the next 18 months, said Xin Gong, immigration specialist at the USC Office of International Services.
Unless they come back with the new passports, the students will have to go back to
New entry to change USC image
A $36-million campus renovation project to create a new main entrance to USC will be undertaken this month, beginning with the relocation of the 117-year-old Widney Alumni House.
The new entrance will be situated on the south side of campus on Exposition Boulevard, across from the Aerospace Museum, and is expected to help connect USC and its students with the surrounding community.
The Aiumni House, which was also relocated in 1929 and 1955, will be moved on dollies from its current site on Childs Way to be directly in line with the new campus entrance about 40 yards away.
USC's current main entrance on Figueroa Street, considered inconvenient in relation to freeway exits and on-ramps, will be permanently closed following tne opening of the new entrance, while the other entrances surrounding campus will remain open.
The project in its completed stage will include two new buildings, brick archways and possibly a fountain. Tne two new buildings will be the Popovich Hall, which will have the master's program in business administration, and Lewis Hall, which will house the School of Urban Planning and Development
—from staff reports
Hong Kong at one point during the 18 months for one issuea by the Chinese government called Hong Kong Special Administrative Regional passports, or HKSARs, Gong said. Others, depending on what type of passports they have, may be able to handle matters through the Chinese Consulate in southern California. Meanwhile, the current British overseas citizenship passports are still good for use.
"In most cases, the students have been indifferent," Gong said. "They will still travel as usual."
Gong said that while students may not necessarily express concerns right now, the root of questioning and comments are coming from the natives back in Hong Kong.
Amy Lee, a senior majoring in business, who came from Hong Kong about five years ago and became a naturalized U.S. citizen, said that she sees the Cantonese people having "mixed feelings."
"It's good that China is taking back Hong Kong ... but so many people are so scared of
communism,"' Lee said of what she has seen in the media.
However, she said that some fellow classmates and acquaintances who are international students from Hong Kong have mostly gone back for the summer to visit their families and to witness the year they return under Chinese rule.
She too has not heard of what they are feeling in regards to the changes, Lee said, "after graduating from USC, they might have a hard time going back."
On the administrative level, no changes or new accommodations are being made for students either, said Dixon Johnson, director of the Office for International Services.
However, Johnson said that he noticed one difference: an increase in the enrollment number of Asian international students (many Hong Kong natives) from Canada.
"There have been more students from Canada, who actually originated from Hong
(Set Hong Kong, page 2)
Getting started
D*niM Caitanon / Summer Trojan
Orientation Advisor Jason Taketa, a senior majoring in cinema-television, discusses campus life and adjusting to college with incoming freshman at an orientation session on Tuesday.
The new freshman attended sessions discussing financial aid, took tours of the USC campus and facilities and attended evening activities, including a "social" and a performance by the Trojan Marching Band.
There will be two more on-campus orientation sessions for incoming freshmen and two more for transfer students. The two-day orientation program sessions will be finished by the end of July.
Canceled classes minimal during summer
LAS official says classes must have six students enrolled to remain offered; most summer school courses meet this prerequisite
US®£
Wednesday July 9,1997 Vol. CXXXI, No. 9
Zemekis, et al, try to make 'Contact'
Continuing the trend of movies exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe, "Contact," helmed by "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemekis, beams into movie theaters Friday. The film, starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, promises to be one of the summer's hottest and most talked-about films. Staff writer Scott Foundas gives us his review.
Diversions, page 6
Will E.T. ever visit planet Earth?
Rocks in Antarctica, spaceships in Roswell and conspiracies in Washington D.C.: Have aliens landed on Earth? Long distances and traveling difficulties make this a very implausible question states editorial writer Benjamin Acker who, through numerous examples, attempts to clear up the confusion surrounding the latest outbreak of alien-mania in movies and the media.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
USC service guide, science fellowship
The USC Business Affairs Division is offering its "Guide to Services" on the Internet. The site is available through the USC Information Page or by going directly to http://www.usc. edu/dept/bus_affairs/home page.html
• ••
Fellowships are being offered for students working toward their doctorate in science or engineering.
The Chateaubriand Fellowship Program allows students to conduct research in France.
Interested students may use existing contacts with French research institutions or may register on the Internet at http://www. chateaubriana.amb-wash.fr.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be registered at a U.S. university or a U.S. National Laboratory. Applications must be received by Dec. 1.
For more information, call (202) 944-6246
By Kate Tovichien
Staff Writer
Cancellation of summer school sessions remain minimal, although many classes have been canceled in order to be rescheduled for a different section time, said Patricia Milazzo, director of Computing and Statistics.
Milazzo said, as of last week, a total of about 7,570 students were registered for both the first and second summer sessions.
Of all of the overlapping sum-
mer school sessions, Milazzo said there were "114 sections of canceled classes (lectures), but this information can be totally misleading ... not reliable. A lot of different departments will schedule things, and then have to move them."
It does not mean classes are entirely canceled, Milazzo said.
Professor Jane Cody, associate dean of Curriculum and Instruction for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said no LAS classes have been canceled for the second seven-week
session, which began last week on July 2.
Usually, she said, classes are canceled due to low enrollment, or lack of instructors when the regular faculty is not available.
"Cancellations often have to do with who can staff the courses," Cody said.
Sometimes, an instructor who regularly teaches the fall and spring courses is not available for teaching summer courses, Cody said.
In cases where an instructor is available, but enrollment is low, the class is likely to undergo cancellation.
"Our rule is that there should be six people in a class in order for it to be a clasa, and for it to be
economically viable," said Cody.
"A class is a class—not a tutorial. If there's only one person in a class, it costs the school additional money... It is costly," Cody saia a few classes in the first seven-week summer session, which ran May 14 thmugh July 1, were canceled by their departments, not by LAS.
The schedule of classes are made up way in advance. Many changes can occur between the fall and summer," she said "Not very many classes have been canceled... If they have been canceled, we run a list, and make sure all the tuition and fees are backed out to the students," said Fred Dear, associate registrar.